Show County Cooperation Would Help Control Large Fires The recent fire at the Moroni Feed Company plant in Moroni seems to point out the need for a system of cooperation cooperation coop coop- oration between the fire departments of the county whenever a large fire breaks out Moroni Mt Pleasant and Ephraim Fire Departments went to the fire with only the Ephraim truck able to perform efficiently as the other departments had to work without their trucks pretty much Had there been a county plan laid out for a large fire of this sort Mantis Manti's department and truck could have gone into action as could the Gunnison unit With Mantis Manti's truck pumping water along with Ephraim's the fire loss probably could have been kept even lower We Ve dont don't want to take anything away from the performance of the Fire Departments on the scene for we understand they did an outstanding job but in the case of a large fire more equipment properly directed is the difference between a big loss and a nominal one We understand that this county plan for fire fighting has been advanced before and we would certainly like to see it materialize Right now the fire departments of the different cities are not acquainted with the equipment avail- avail a le in neighboring localities Neither are the firemen pc- pc acquainted ac ac- acquainted in many instances and have little or no knowledge of the others other's fire-fighting fire habits habit If the fire departments of the county could meet to together together together to- to gether for a Grill drill once every three months they could soon organize to work as a single unit and would know what to expect if ever called to work together on a large fire Fire is a great destroyer of property and lives and methods of controlling it need attention regularly With property and lives at stake why shouldn't a central firefighting firefighting firefighting fire- fire fighting unit be formed to combat large fires whenever they break out within the county |